Walter thomas



(No Model.)

W. THOMAS.

BIN.

No. 594,714. Patented Nov. 30, 1897 WITNESSES I v /N VENTOH A TTOHNE YS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,714, dated November 30, 1897.

Application filed J ly 8, 1897. Serial No. 643,811. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, W'ALTER THOMAS, of Palatka, in the county of Putnam and State 1 of Florida, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bins, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in bins of that class adapted to contain granular foods; and the chief characteristic of the invention is the peculiar arrangement of a plurality of compartments in one entire and inseparable structure, the construction being such as provides this plurality of bins or compartments while at the same time being characterized by a very concrete arrangement of the component elements.

This invention is the disclosure of one form of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope of the invention.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the inven-.

tion with parts broken away, and Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

. The bin has a continuous and vertical front wall 12 rigidly secured to the front edges of partitions 18, which extend transversely to the wall 12 and which are arranged vertically, so as to form the several compartments of the bin. Rigidly secured to the upper edges of the partitions 18 and extending horizontally is the top 16 of the bin. The top 16 and the front wall 12 are separated from each other, so as to provide openingsfor the several compartments of the bin. These openings are individually closed by lids 17, hinged to the top 16 and bearing at their free edges on the upper edge, of the Wall 12. p

The bottom and rear walls of the bin are formed by an integral metallic plate, 13, curved in the arc of a circle and secured to the lower and rear edges of the partitions 18, such edges of the partitions being curved in conformity with the curvature of the plate 13, so that material placed within the several compartments of the bin will be thrown forward and downward into the lower portion of the compartments and so that this material may be readily removed from the bin. The wall 12 is provided with a series of openings 21, which respectively lead to the lowermost portions of the several compartments of the bin. These openings are closed by plugs 22. By these means the compartments may be washed and otherwise cleaned.

To brace the bin and to support the same,

rear edges of the knees and by a series ofbars 1 1, located at the front of the knees and respectively between the same. The bin rests on the lower edges of the knees 19 and is supported by the knees, the pressure from the knees being transmitted directly to the partitions 18, and consequently to the rigid framework of the bin, as contradistinguished from two such fragile portions of the bin as the plate 13.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a bin of many compartments is provided and that this bin is formed of an entire and inseparable structure the elements of which are very closely combined and each of which has an essential structure and an essential relative position.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A bin having a front wall, a top wall, a series of vertical partitions rigidly secured to the two walls, the partitions having curved edge portions removed from the said walls, a curved plate secured to said edge port-ions and formingthe bottom of the bin, and a series of knees having curved edges conforming to the curvature of the plate, the knees being one for each partition and being respectively located in line with the partitions so that the weight of the bin is transmitted directly between the knees and partitions to the rigid framework of the bin.

WALTER THOMAS. 

